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Safari slowing down whole computer?

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2001ChevyZ71

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Hey guys, my MBP is a 13 inch and it is less than 6 months old , but recently Safari has been slowing down my whole computer to a snails pace. It is soo slow that it takes like 3 minutes for a click to register. It is almost as if it has a virus. I switched to using google chrome and it is almost as if the problem goes away(its still slow with chrome, but a lot faster than safari).WTF is the problem?

Google chrome and google chrome renderer are using 70.9 and 49.9 of my cpu respectively, and my mbp still goes with not near as bad of a problem as safari.

Please help me!!!!
 
do you have any extensions installed? If so what ones mine uses about 3% on average...(and that is rounding up) so that is not normal, at all.
 
Loading anything with a ton of Flash, or anything that has some really intensive Flash going on?

Try Firefox, see if the problem is still there. Uninstall/reinstall Safari. See if it still happens.
 
what websites are you going to? flash ads and video could be the culprit.

but ive noticed that TechCruch.com slows down webkit browsers on the mac and pegs the CPU a bit leading to jumpiness and a hot MacBook until it loads. anyone know why? flash?
 
I have this problem on certain websites.

www.tesco.com is notorius - try browsing that and let us know if your laptop slows down.

I brought up this issue in an Apple store and the "genius" told me that its just the way some websites are made. I told him chrome doesnt have this problem so its not the website and he basically told me to foxtrot oscar.
 
I think you should try setting up istat on your pc and have it running when your pc grinds to a halt, if anything spikes it should give you a good idea where your problem is. If its the CPU its most likely due to Flash content :rolleyes:

Also check your ram usage too, if your macbook is doing alot of page outs its going to slow things down too.
 
Tesco runs fine on Opera at least. Maybe you should just try to reset all the browser profiles and clear caches.
Usually it is always flash or HTML5 stuff as trouble's main source.
 
No, its normal sites like youtube, Facebook, craigslist.

I ran a sweep on my whole mac and Mcafee didn't pick anything up.

I opened safari this morning and its still chugging like the little engine that could. I tried reseting it, but i couldn't find anything.

Whenever safari is open, it slows down the Whole computer, not just the internet part.

One more thing. This all started about 2-3 days ago
 
QuarterSwede said:
Me either. Chrome is about the same speed as Safari on my MacBook. It's certainly not noticeably faster.
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Chrome manages memory much better than Safari, MUCH BETTER.

GET CHROME
GET FLASHBLOCK

You will see a difference immediately
 
The Problem, atleast the way I see it, is that safari caches websites to real ram, and will do so until you kill the program. I've had safari use over a gig of ram at one time. If you've got a low amount of ram then this may be the cause.
 
Eddyisgreat said:
The Problem, atleast the way I see it, is that safari caches websites to real ram, and will do so until you kill the program. I've had safari use over a gig of ram at one time. If you've got a low amount of ram then this may be the cause.
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I'll give that a try, how do i kill the program and will it mess anything up?. But why would it just start all of a sudden?

What is flashblock is that an app of some sorts?
 
2001ChevyZ71 said:
I'll give that a try, how do i kill the program and will it mess anything up?. But why would it just start all of a sudden?

What is flashblock is that an app of some sorts?
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Just backup your important files or time machine and format + reinstall tomorrow if you got a free day.

It will probably fix all your problems.
 
AAPLaday said:
Have you tried emptying the cache and resetting Safari?
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Been following this thread because I have noticed some websites slowing up Safari. I know it is not Flash since I have the Click-To-Flash plug-in installed.

Tried this tip to empty cache and reset (everything but cookies) and now everything is working snappy again.

Thanks for the tip.
 
Username02 said:
Been following this thread because I have noticed some websites slowing up Safari. I know it is not Flash since I have the Click-To-Flash plug-in installed.

Tried this tip to empty cache and reset (everything but cookies) and now everything is working snappy again.

Thanks for the tip.
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You're welcome. I normally do this every few weeks to help keep the performance snappy
 
MacRumors forums slows Safari on my computer. I thought it was my internet connection speed but if I go to another site, flash heavy, it loads fine. Come back to MF and it just hangs. Then at other times, the pages load almost instantly. IDK.
 
I switched safari from 64 bit mode to 32 bit mode and the problem went away instantly, but im still using fire fox because im pissed off at safari.

Im still curious as to what was screwing with my MBP?
 
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